Home Health Lymphoma Awareness Day 2023: Symptoms, Risk Factors and Treatment to Know About This Health Condition Lymphoma cancer affects the immune system of the body and makes it more vulnerable to infection. However, it can be manages when treated on time. Lymphoma Awareness Day 2023: Symptoms, Risk Factors and Treatment to Know About This […]
Three recently published studies have detailed foodborne botulism and Campylobacter outbreaks in Japan. The first, published in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal, covered an outbreak of botulism in 2021 caused by Clostridium botulinum in Kumamoto. A meal eaten in a domestic residence was the suspected cause, and four patients were affected. Botulinum toxin and Clostridium botulinum were detected in […]
Area blood banks are experiencing a shortage, according to Inova and the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross attributes the shortage to fewer donors than needed donating blood this summer, drawing down the national blood supply and reducing distributions of some of the most needed blood types to hospitals. Hurricane Idalia further strained the […]
Cali Liu / Thresher By Jack Lee 9/14/23 10:44pm Amid a national blood shortage exacerbated by ongoing climate emergencies, Rice Emergency Medical Services partnered with the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center to host a blood drive Sept. 12 in the new O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science. Christina Gligorova, donor recruitment account manager at […]
BEIJING, Sept 15 (Reuters) – China plans to manage monkeypox in the same way it handles infectious diseases such as COVID-19 starting from Sept. 20, health authorities said on Friday, after detecting around 500 cases of the viral infection last month. Monkeypox will be managed under Category B protocols, the National Health Commission (NHC) said […]
One more confirmed case of Nipah virus case has been reported in Kerala. Health Minister’s Office informed that 39-year-old man, who has contracted the infection, is under observation in a hospital in Kozhikode. The total infection tally has now reached 6. On Wednesday, a 24-year old health worker became the fifth confirmed Nipah case in […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas Department of Health confirmed that someone has passed away from a rare infection detected in the state. The infection is named Naegleria Fowleri which destroys brain tissue and causes your brain to swell. Arkansas Dept. of Health says rare brain-eating amoeba infection cause of Little Rock death KARK 4 News learned […]
WAUWATOSA, Wis. (CBS 58) — American Medical Association President, Doctor Jesse Ehrenfeld, celebrated along with his husband on Thursday, Sept. 14 inside Versiti Blood Center as they donate blood as openly gay men. The donations coming months after the FDA eased its guidelines on who can donate blood, and at a time when blood donations […]
The symptoms of scrub typhus may take about 10 to 12 days to surface. (Representational) At least six people have died due to the scrub typhus infection in Odisha, which spreads through bites of infected chiggers (larval mites). The latest scrub typhus death has been reported from Sundergarh district Here’s 10 points on Scrib Typhus […]
Bloomberg | Sep 15, 2023 07:54 AM IST Share Via Copy Link Mortality rate for Nipah virus infection varies from outbreak to outbreak, with up to 75% of infected patients dying. India is on high alert after a resurgence of the potentially deadly Nipah virus (NiV), which has killed at least two people in recent […]